Merlyn's spills

Remember how I said Merlyn was our most accident-prone child? Well, now that her foot is all healed, she has had a few minor incidents (I guess she likes to keep us on our toes). On our way down to Syracuse last Friday, we stopped at Stewart's for gas. Merlyn fell out of the truck onto the parking lot and scraped her elbow. It bled a little but developed a road-rash scab. On Sunday at my sister's house, she fell down that big pile of dirt pictured in my last post. The dirt is actually clay, and very hard. Aunt Leigh put bandaids on Merlyn's scrapes -- both elbows, both knees, her back, and her stomach.
Then on Wednesday, Merlyn climbed onto the counter to get a cup. She fell off the counter, along with all the breakfast dishes. Nothing was broken (dishes or bones!) but then I saw blood dripping on the floor. Her scab from Friday's fall had broken open. I put a bandaid on it, and she was fine for a couple of hours. Then she got excited when one of my daycare kids arrived. She ran down the hall and fell right on her same elbow. The bandaid ripped right in two, and there was more blood. Since then, she's been accident free (knock on wood!)

Here's a picture of Merlyn hanging out in a window in the playroom. I'm surpised she didn't fall off the windowsill! This was actually back in March or April, as you can see from the brown grass and trees out the window.